[HANASHIR:14798] Re: HANASHIR digest 1934

[Marsha Fensin <mfsings...>]

Hi,
    Yismechu is the third of four paragraphs of a prayer called Tikanta 
Shabbat in the Shabbat morning Musaf service, immediately following the 
Musaf Kedusha. For those of you interested in interesting details of 
liturgy, the first 22 words of this prayer are a reverse acrostic, going 
from Tav to Aleph. ( Not the Yismechu part)  It was already known in the 
9th century of the common era, but, could possibly be slightly older 
than that.  This section is chanted in the Ahavah Rabbah mode, and for 
all you composers out there, music for this piece should be written in 
that mode, if you want the piece to be authentic to Jewish tradition. 
 That's all I know.  Hope it helps,
Marsha

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